Head of AI (Artificial Intelligence) Cambridge, MA
Company: Inari Investment & Consulting Co., Limited
Location: Cambridge
Posted on: March 16, 2023
Job Description:
About the role... The Chief Information and Data Office is
looking for a Head of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Our team is
building cloud-native, machine learning based systems that tackle
problems at the intersection of breeding, gene editing, and
agronomy, working closely with data scientists, bioinformaticians,
quantitative geneticists, and crop scientists. As the Head of AI
you will lead the strategic planning of the design, implementation
and direction of Inari's AI initiatives. Location: Cambridge, MA,
Ghent, Belgium, or West Lafayette, IN What you'll do
- Build, lead and deploy Inari's AI strategy and drive the
implementation of sustainable, high-impact AI projects
- Collaborate cross-functionally with the engineering, product,
operations, and other business teams to define the strategic AI
roadmap and develop success metrics
- Identify and implement best-in-class data science methodologies
and tools to enhance existing products and solutions
- Conduct end-to-end data insights strategy from a variety of
disparate life sciences datasets producing impactful visualization
and reporting meaningful findings
- Rapidly identify and prototype methods and visualizations to
answer key business questions
- Identify opportunities to apply the latest advancements in AI
to Inari's products
- Stay up-to-date on industry trends and best practices and build
effective and impactful external networks to foster continued
innovation of Inari's AI strategies
- Lead a growing team of AI Engineers and provide analytics
leadership and direction as they design, build and deploy new
products
- Build and cultivate the right partnerships and alliances with
internal and external partners
- Foster excellence through coaching and mentoring of your
team
- Set the standards and expectations of your team, especially
around diversity and inclusion You bring---
- 10+ years of progressive experience in Data Science with
demonstrated leadership capabilities
- Strong experience in AI/ML, computational biology,
bioinformatics or related, with proven track records (e.g.
publications in top-tier journals and conferences, patents, awards,
etc.)
- BA/BS in Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering,
BioInformatics, Data Sciences, Applied Math, Operations Research,
or a related field
- Expert proficiency in Python, R, or related software
environments
- Experience building and deploying end-to-end AI solutions that
deliver product value
- A deep understanding of current data science best practices in
areas such as NLP, computer vision, audio/video analysis, search,
predictive analytics, recommender systems, and deep learning
- Proven leadership in complicated context, able to influence and
engage the strategic and technical partners in a matrix
organization
- Strong commitment to our team's values: learn from every
decision, no heroes/heroines, thoughtful inclusion, and fail
fast.
- Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication
skills
- Active interest in learning new technology or domains. We are
an organization that goes across many disciplines.
- Desire to work in a mission driven organization focused on
sustainability and how we grow food Bonus qualifications:
- Experience working with agtech or biotech.
- Experience with Scala, Go, Arrikto
- Experience working with computational scientists and
understanding their diverse needs.
- Deep Learning frameworks: Keras, Tensorflow, Scikit-learn,
Spark-MLib
- Experience with high-throughput data generation pipeline, from
sequencing platform to data analysis environment
- Familiarity with AWS cloud computing services and its service
offering (e.g. RDS, Athena, SageMaker) Learn more about us:
http://inari.com Helping farmers feed the world:
https://seedworld.com/faster-breeding-will-help-farmers-feed-the-world/
World Economic Forum Global Innovator:
https://inari.com/news/inari-selected-for-world-economic-forums-global-innovators-community
Bloomberg: Inari AgTech Startup
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-05-12/agtech-startup-inari-nabs-new-funding-at-1-2-billion-valuation
Forbes: Gene editing with CRISPR
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lanabandoim/2021/05/21/gene-editing-seeds-with-crispr-is-transforming-agricultural-biotechnology/?sh=63d255e2163d
Keywords: Inari Investment & Consulting Co., Limited, Cambridge , Head of AI (Artificial Intelligence) Cambridge, MA, Other , Cambridge, Massachusetts
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